All Opinion articles – Page 309
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OpinionJustin King and Sir Stuart Rose’s lessons for Marc Bolland
According to Michael Watkins of Harvard Business School, chief executives get just 90 days to prove themselves in a new role. So how should Marc Bollland proceed at M&S?
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OpinionUpgrade in store for Ted Baker?
SuperGroup’s £5 a share IPO is good news for founder Julian Dunkerton. It might also be good news for some of the retailer’s fashion peers - in particular Ted Baker.
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OpinionRetail surgery: I understand the law on temporary workers is changing. How will this affect retailers when it comes to sourcing and treating their staff?
I understand the law on temporary workers is changing. How will this affect retailers when it comes to sourcing and treating their staff?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Is it true that we are no longer going to be able to provide credit at the point of sale in the same way as we have?
Is it true that we are no longer going to be able to provide credit at the point of sale in the same way as we have?
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OpinionWhy Superdry boss will need 2020 vision
An unscientific survey admittedly, but an analysis of the branded hoodies on a flight back from the French Alps last week revealed that even Abercrombie & Fitch was being left in the wake of Superdry.
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The UK’s poshest Council House
Everyone always says how ugly Birmingham is but its easy to forget that it has some of the UK’s finest civic architecture, and we were privileged today to hold our future of the high street conference in the splendid Victorian setting of the city’s Council House.
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OpinionCould Richemont net a winner?
No wonder Richemont is targeting a larger slice of Net-a-Porter — it has been one of the best etail growth stories in a market where its founder Natalie Massenet once faced naysayers who believed luxury fashion would never work online.
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A lesson in Anthropologie
Writing from Virgin Trains’ woeful standard class on my way to Retail Week’s conference on the future of the high street in Birmingham.
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Off your Marks
Back from the slopes now, fortunately in one piece, and it seems like there’s been a lot going on. Terry Green’s departure from Tesco was always inevitable, but he held on there for longer than I and many others expected. He’s rubbed plenty of people up the wrong way down the years, but I rather like him - retail needs its larger than life characters and he’s certainly one of them.
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OpinionUnlikely bedfellows
The property debate at the Retail Week Conference revealed that landlords and retailers actually have a greater level of common interest than might first be thought.
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OpinionOld pilots never die...
Why is is that experimental formats are allowed to stagger on and not put out of their misery?
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OpinionSexy products are more interesting...
Entrepreneurs thrive on selling products that they find sexy, says Malcolm Walker
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OpinionRetailers need more friends in Westminster
Nobody doubts hard political choices will have to be made to cope with the costs of the banking crisis and recession, but VAT on food should not be among them.
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OpinionGrocers to target smaller footprint stores for growth
With 2009 annual results flooding in, the overriding opinion of last year is that it was one when retailers cut back on expenditure and scaled back store openings. The outlook now is for conservative store growth through smaller footprint stores.
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OpinionCan value endure in good times?
We should not see the development of the value sector as a recessionary or “cyclical” phenomenon.
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OpinionTesco’s dotcom model
Tesco is widely thought to be the only grocer to make a profit from its dotcom operation. And judging by the reaction from the City after analysts visited its dotcom-only store in Aylesford, Kent, on Friday, the grocer looks poised to widen the gap on its competitors.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Should we let staff communicate with each other using sites like Twitter and Facebook or instant messaging services?
Should we let staff communicate with each other using sites like Twitter and Facebook or instant messaging services?
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Retail surgery: How often should we assess the usability and functionality of our website to make sure that we are maximising sales?
How often should we assess the usability and functionality of our website to make sure that we are maximising sales?
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OpinionNo red card for CNP fraud
After years of rising card-not-present fraud, which retailers have had to shoulder, is technology finally winning the battle?
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OpinionScandi brands, Scandi bland?
News that Danish fashion chains Vero Moda and Jack & Jones are to open a dual fascia shop on Oxford Street should be greeted as good news by shoppers in search of variety on one of the UK’s leading commercial thoroughfares. Yet it is hard not to stifle a mild yawn.
